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F-ing freezing levels
Thu, 2007-11-29 11:36
Just when things were looking good..... :cry: Hopefully this forecast will change or I might be joining the albertan masses at KHMR next Sat if it stays cold enough there... 2500m on Monday! And heavy precip! FUCK!
Thu, 2007-11-29 13:53
#1
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Sweet! Now add in the next 5 days of -20 to -32 degree weather without precip, and our snowpack is looking marvelous!!
Thu, 2007-11-29 15:17
#2
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Yeah, I saw this too. Best to head out before the monsoon! Its always so interesting to see what the weather will bring... Hopefully the models are wrong.
Thu, 2007-11-29 17:32
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It is interesting, but I had my hopes up. And then I had a little spazz, snapped at my boss, snapped at someone on the phone........ Stupid getting mad about something you can't control but :evil:
Thu, 2007-11-29 18:57
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Environment Canada arent predicting this yet. I wonder where the avy forecasters are getting their info.
Fri, 2007-11-30 12:18
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enviro can is predicting it. Temps in the Okanagan are to go from -10 on the weekend to 9 on Monday.....
Fri, 2007-11-30 12:56
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All models are forecastin a type of weather event with the word "pineapple" in its name, hopefuly it dosnt rach the world "tropical" either way looks like there will be a significant drop in the snowpack next week, ouch
Fri, 2007-11-30 23:38
#7
nice
one last bbq and kegger befor the big snow , this winter is going to be wild i can just taste it ,and its tasting deep , i was watching the great white buffalo run last night and they are not worried , keep strong and ski free ....its just the start of the season
Sun, 2007-12-02 13:38
#8
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A couple excerpts from today's bulletins: Quote:
A "pineapple express" loaded with warm air and lots of precipitation will make its way to the Rockies. The forecast models are suggesting between 50 and 60 cm of snow in the Alpine by storms end. This front will hit forcefully, pushing out the cold Arctic air with winds from the west up to 100 km/hr. Quote:
A major pacific frontal system with copious amounts of tropical moisture is set to hit the area this afternoon through Monday. Forecast snow amounts are 10 to 20cm today and 20 to 25cm tonight. On Monday a second wave is forecast to bring much more precipitation with rising freezing levels and potentially rain above valley bottom by the afternoon. That, coupled with high-extreme danger ratings mean the next few days would be a great time to ski in bounds. Probably wouldn't hurt to wear your beacon there too. Although storm touring is a blast, those of you that don't know what you're doing need to watch some avy videos on youtube and stay the fuck out of the backcountry.
Sun, 2007-12-02 13:47
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i think that Golden will not only survive but thrive through this next system. Freezing levels are only forecasted to go to 1000 m and it's going to dump (which it already is) through out the next day or two. Then it'll go cold again. Avi conditions could be a little sketch here through this system. There's a lot of surface hoar, particularly at tree line.
Sun, 2007-12-02 14:41
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yep, golden is likely to come out of this the best...if freezing levels go up like that
Sun, 2007-12-02 15:47
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Egon Spangler wrote:
yep, golden is likely to come out of this the best...if freezing levels go up like that Typical of these warm spells that it never really gets as bad as Fernice or Red etc. But yah, right now it's coming down pretty good, probly a cm an hour in town, I bet twice that at the hill. Next Saturday would be sick for sure at the Horse. nate
Sun, 2007-12-02 21:01
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Rob wrote:
A couple excerpts from today's bulletins: You've got a pretty self righteous attitude there man. You don't own the backcountry. I know you'd probably get annoyed by guys sloughing you out from above or skiing lines while your in the slide path. But it's not a reason to act like such a dick by telling them to stay out of the backcountry.
Sun, 2007-12-02 22:25
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wow... 2 hours ago it was minus 11 and dumping here in Fernie, and now it is plus 5 and raining! ive never seen the temperature change that quick before
Sun, 2007-12-02 23:20
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skierboy wrote:
wow... 2 hours ago it was minus 11 and dumping here in Fernie, and now it is plus 5 and raining! Ouch!! I didn't want to hear that.
Mon, 2007-12-03 00:35
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redneck_skier wrote:
Try reading some avy bulletins for the next few days, then re-read my post, maybe it would make more sense to you then...
Mon, 2007-12-03 10:33
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OMFG - woke up this morning to about 20cms of fresh overnight (downtown Golden). Just finished shoveling about 1/3rd of my driveway and it was dry, the stuff dreams are made of. In the hour and a bit I have been outside the temp is warming, the snowflakes now are getting smaller and falling faster....it's 9:30 and I am worried what is going to happen. The upper portions of the Horse will be fine, no doubt about that. The bottom might become quite packable. nate
Mon, 2007-12-03 11:10
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10 - 15cm's in vernon with freezing rain all ready. plus 7 in penticton................
Mon, 2007-12-03 11:16
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i can't upload my pics of my front yard. wow there's a lot of snow. I also saw some pics from Panorama today and I think they had the storm of the decade there.
Mon, 2007-12-03 11:20
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25cms overnight at sunshine, and still puking, with wind from the south, expected to last till tomorrow.....heads up in the slack country though lots of movement in bounds....advisory: alpine - extreme, treeline - extreme, below treeline extreme......later sunshine dispatch
Mon, 2007-12-03 16:40
#20
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Still about minus 5 in town, but likely just a bit of cold air trapped in the valley still. Snow has changed to freezing rain and looks like the freezing line is creeping up the mountain pretty quick! I'll post a quick video of some town scenery shortly....it's about to get really messy.
Mon, 2007-12-03 18:22
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Mon, 2007-12-03 18:54
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skierboy wrote:
wow... 2 hours ago it was minus 11 and dumping here in Fernie, and now it is plus 5 and raining! Fuuuuuuck. How bads it looking? Sunshine was incredible today, 25cm overnight..soo soo deep. Going back to Fernie on Thursday though...I'm scared :(
Mon, 2007-12-03 22:28
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it rained all day here in town in Fernie... but the snow line on the ski hill didn't seem to go up that high.. I could see snow in the trees about half way up... so not as bad as it could have been... thats for sure. forecast is for the temp to slowly drop to about -5 tomorrow (tuesday) night and turn to snow.. then tapering off to flurries on wednesday. this rain is actually going to be good for our snowpack.. it was dust on grass and rocks before this.. and now it will be nicely "consolidated"
Tue, 2007-12-04 12:02
#24
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-0.6 at 2060m at KHMR right now, looks like the pineapple is rolling in to your neck of the woods. Not so sure about Saturday rignt now. Not really worth the line ups.
Tue, 2007-12-04 13:17
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Silver Star just closed all downhill operations. They were idiots for even opening given the forecast on Thursday. Stupid. :(
Tue, 2007-12-04 18:29
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hey, they still have the silver queen open :lol: a real bargain for only a 20$ day ticket I went up yesterday figuring with 20cms of new snow it would be worth it... not so much...
Tue, 2007-12-04 18:37
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These are the days that make us realize why Lake Louise (aka whatever the you can think up for a slag line when the rain doesn't hit your neck of the woods line.)
Tue, 2007-12-04 18:40
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yah, forgot about the silver queen. If there is no snow tonight I heard everything may be shut down including xcountry. On another note, do any golden boys think with the temps going way down again it might suck some moisture out of the alpine stuff? i love the hill but last year was such a gong show opening day, not worth the drive really if the snow isn't top notch.
Tue, 2007-12-04 20:53
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hit atleast zero at lake louise today. alot of snow to be found on the backside. raining at about pole 4 of the lower quad. freezing rain on the way back to calgary near canmore.
Tue, 2007-12-04 22:47
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el hefe wrote:
yah, forgot about the silver queen. If there is no snow tonight I heard everything may be shut down including xcountry. I dunno, I'm no rocket surgeon, but if you watch the new video on skiinggolden.com I think you will be happy. The snow looks dry enough for me, and the temps should be getting colder from now towards the weekend... my guess is it's good to go, upper slopes are probably going to be sick. nate
Tue, 2007-12-04 23:59
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Thanks for the beta skierboy! Freezing line at shine today was a bit below goats eye from what I saw. Great skiing, heavy snow...fast and fun. Base building. Woot! The tracks I saw on goats eye looked increeddibble too.
Wed, 2007-12-05 01:20
#32
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I dunno, I'm no rocket surgeon, but if you watch the new video on skiinggolden.com I think you will be happy. The snow looks dry enough for me, and the temps should be getting colder from now towards the weekend... my guess is it's good to go, upper slopes are probably going to be sick. nate Nate, you have it wrong. You can't be a rocket surgeon...gosh! I believe the correct term is "I'm no Rocket Science Teacher". Don't you know anything! Do you think it will be good to go with the fattest boards you can get your hand on? Thanks
Wed, 2007-12-05 01:28
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oscar2471 wrote:
I dunno, I'm no rocket surgeon, but if you watch the new video on skiinggolden.com I think you will be happy. The snow looks dry enough for me, and the temps should be getting colder from now towards the weekend... my guess is it's good to go, upper slopes are probably going to be sick. Nate, you have it wrong. I believe the term is Rocket Proctologist. Do you think it will be good to go with the fattest boards you can get your hand on? Thanks For the first couple runs of the day yes that would be my game plan, like always though after the Gondy runs 2400-3600 people to the top (first 2 to 3 revolutions of the cable) it will be chopped up, bring a second set up for the rest of the day. nate
Wed, 2007-12-05 01:37
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nate wrote:
For the first couple runs of the day yes that would be my game plan, like always though after the Gondy runs 2400-3600 people to the top (first 2 to 3 revolutions of the cable) it will be chopped up, bring a second set up for the rest of the day. nate Thanks nate, I hope I can get up early enough after PART-EY-ING it on Friday night. Do think I can pick up in Golden if I tell the ladies I'm a rocket science teacher?
Wed, 2007-12-05 11:02
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Nate, thanks. I think that we will make the trip, beats anything around here......... Watch out for the roadblocks. They were ready and waiting last year for opening day/night.
Wed, 2007-12-05 11:08
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freezing level didin't manage to stay down in Fernie.. rain to the top and it pretty much melted all the snow in town. flurries over the next few days and then dropping into a -20 deep freeze aren't making me get to excited about opening day on saturday..... but flurries around here can often turn into huge dumps... so we will see.
Wed, 2007-12-05 11:50
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oscar2471 wrote:
Do think I can pick up in Golden if I tell the ladies I'm a rocket science teacher? Telling them you have coke out in your truck would be a safer bet haha. Oh and correction, I meant the gondy services 1200 people per hour, not per revolution of the cable....my bad. nate
Wed, 2007-12-05 18:32
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The Lake was awesome the last 3 days, no rain over here. Brownshirt was deep and Paradise bowl opened on Tuesday. Today my legs could only handle 4 laps of Paradise bowl, charging through the chopped pow, my quad muscles were shredded. Still lots of surprises to destroy your ski bases. Everything is really tracked now, good to pack it down for the base.
Wed, 2007-12-05 22:58
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nate wrote:
Wow! chick in golden really like their pop, hahaha.
Thu, 2007-12-06 14:04
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anybody got beta on the Pass since the express? Is it skiable or is it glazed??
Thu, 2007-12-06 14:10
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Glazed up to treeline.
Fri, 2007-12-07 14:09
#42
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A guy at hockey last night said he hiked to the G7 corner (where the ski out from North Bowl meets the cat track again) and said he could walk on top of the 'powder' at that point....things might not of held up as good as I predicted earlier in the week. Shralp is away for a few days, not sure if anyone else will have better info, but sounds to me like the stuff got wet pretty high.... nate
Fri, 2007-12-07 15:49
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heard it like that up to tower 15 on the gondi, that doesn't mean much to me but whatever..... it is a lot better then what we have here in the okanagan. It's going to be nice to not have to earn the turns for the first time this season. At least my legs are in shape and the edges are sharp. It will be a good test for the "Magne Traction"
Fri, 2007-12-07 19:22
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Tower 15 is right at the very bottom of bowl over, where the bowl over ski out meets the cat track....if it is still good above that all the good chutes and drops etc are still fair game. Enjoy! nate
Fri, 2007-12-07 23:47
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Man, i wish i was going to kh tomorrow instead of work. Pretty sure i'll be saying the same thing the day before rmr opening too. Oh well, some other year.
Sun, 2007-12-09 00:26
#46
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It was good, and bluebird up top mmmmmm. 5 - 10cm's on top of the rain crust made it manageable to the cat track from the super bowl to inbounds exit, great summer grooming on whatever run that is. |
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